"Let's talk about hypocrisy. Let's talk about double standards. Let's talk about UNRWA.
For years, UNRWA has been using its status as a UN organization as a cover for subversive actions against the State of Israel. It is the only UN agency dedicated to dealing with a particular group of refugees: Palestinians. (It was established independently of the UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which provides support to refugees from all around the world.) Yet time and time again, the organization engages not in humanitarian relief but in anti-Israel and even terrorist activities.
As a Jerusalem City Council member, I can attest to the fact that UNRWA is also one of the greatest obstacles to coexistence in Jerusalem, as it incites the Arab population against Jews instead of encouraging integration inside a united Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty.
When Arab states refused to settle Palestinian refugees after the 1948 War of Independence, UNRWA was established to provide shelter, relief and health services, with the expectation that these refugees would return to their homes within two years. Yet with Arab states' encouragement, UNRWA ended up not assisting refugees' acclimatization to their new countries but making the situation far worse...
Last week it was announced that UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl had stepped aside following 'allegations of misconduct,' pending investigation. While the nature of these allegations has not been made public, I am confident it is nothing to do with UNRWA's many decades of supporting – even promoting – hatred, terrorism and violence. So why the outcry now?
When UNRWA support terrorism against Jews, the world is silent. When allegations of corruption come up, countries remove their funding from UNRWA and force the commissioner to step down..."